I personally believe that being a responsible pet owner means that pet insurance is essential. Having any pet IS a huge responsibility. You have to be able to care for them, provide not only emotional care, but also physical care. Food, a safe place to live, and also make sure they stay healthy, or can […]
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We have accumulated two rabbits. Two boy rabbits, to be precise, miniature Rex breed. Our next-door neighbor breeds rabbits and had two lovely boys needing a home, and she offered them to us, and before I could really think about it, the children had said yes, and lo and behold, we now have Hoppity and […]
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It’s an age old argument. Cats or Dogs? Are you a cat or dog person? Here in the Mad House of Cats & Babies, the answer is pretty obvious, that we are pretty much a cat family, unless you are my small son, who would vote dog every time, but not everyone agrees on whether […]
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We have two cats in the Mad House of Cats & Babies (hence the name of the blog) and this little pictorial from Sainsbury’s Bank is quite helpful, to explain the sometimes baffling (to humans at least) behaviours of cats. Layla and Jasper approve and think it would be good for all humans to have […]
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This is Layla, our 14-year-old, half Persian cat. We rescued her, when she was still very tiny, as the runt of an unplanned and unwanted litter (her mother was not meant to fraternize with the local feral tomcat, Layla and her two siblings were the result) and she is my first “baby”. That sounds silly, […]
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